Ubisoft: ZombiU not even close to profitable, no plans for a sequel

[the_randomizer]

Looks like the WiiU is the new Dreamcast. We'll have people fondly remembering it in 10 years, talking of how it was so ahead of its time, and asking themselves why the evil companies made it fail even if it was awesome.

Duh.

Well, even the Dreamcast was more successful then the Virtual Boy

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Giggity...bought one for $30 and it still works

 

[bowser]

Well, now we know the Wii U has at least one exclusive for sure

 

[Forstride]

edit: Also, Zombi U got almost NO marketing. Somebody at Nintendo should learn about marketing, really...

ZombiU wasn't published by Nintendo, so they aren't responsible.

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ZombiU was a pretty lackluster game honestly. Don't get me wrong, it was fun and all, but it was short, and really lacked in content. You had areas in the game that looked identical (Mainly the sewer areas), boring combat (Seeing as you use your cricket bat 90% of the time, it would've been nice to have more melee weapons or something), and no online multiplayer, which is stupid.

Of course there's going to be a lack of online interaction when you aren't even adding online multiplayer to your own damn games, Ubisoft. You have to make change to see change. It's like other 3rd party devs saying they won't develop for Wii U because no other 3rd party devs are. Someone has to step up to the plate eventually, or it'll just continue.

 

[Walker D]

For EA, at least, it's the system's lack of a rich multiplayer environment that's one of the big concerns - especially for sports titles. (That's part of the reason Madden won't appear on the system this year.)​

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"The lack of online engagement that we see on Wii U [is troubling]," says Moore. "It's so integral to what we do. They're so small it's hardly worth running the servers. It seems like a box that's out of sync with the future of EA - which is one that gives a real social feel to our games. The Wii U feels like an offline experience right now."​

Translating: The Wii U multiplayer environment is not Origin! So we don't care

 

[Enchilada]

Oh god, I really hope WiiU won't be the new Dreamcast.

The WiiU is struggling right now, and with the PS4 and Xbox One it will be even worst.

 

[trumpet-205]

Looks like the WiiU is the new Dreamcast. We'll have people fondly remembering it in 10 years, talking of how it was so ahead of its time, and asking themselves why the evil companies made it fail even if it was awesome.

Duh.

Except that Sega didn't have big pocket to hold out unlike Nintendo or Microsoft back then for GC and Xbox. Sega pulled out on console market, Nintendo and Microsoft didn't.

 

[DSGamer64]

I thought a blow to the head was all that could kill zombies, but it looks like low sales do the trick, too.

To be honest, the game was pretty shitty. The reviews were pretty accurate in just how mediocre it really was. It couldn't hold a candle to Resident Evil, Left for Dead or Dead Rising to be quite honest, I think people were also expecting a much better game overall.

 

[Deleted_171835]

To be honest, the game was pretty shitty. The reviews were pretty accurate in just how mediocre it really was. It couldn't hold a candle to Resident Evil, Left for Dead or Dead Rising to be quite honest, I think people were also expecting a much better game overall.

Joystiq - 4.5/5
Eurogamer - 90
G4 - 4/5
Quarter to Three - 4/5
Giant Bomb - 4/5.

"mediocre reviews"

 

[narutofan777]

learn from your mistakes ubisoft; don't make games for nintendo wii u again.

 

[yuyuyup]

I don't know if the retail experience is better, but from the demo I thought it was gimmicky bullshit.

 

[tropireno]

Why would anyone WANT a sequel to a bad game?

 

[Nathan Drake]

Translating: The Wii U multiplayer environment is not Origin! So we don't care

The Wii U online environment is just ridiculously small. It's a curse Nintendo brought upon themselves by never trying to establish a decently sized online community with the Wii. While many bought the PS3 and 360 because of their online capabilities, for some the deciding factor even being between paying for online or getting it free, most people just bought the Wii because Nintendo games. Because of this, most of your gamers who really care about the online experience are either going with Sony or Microsoft (or PC) already, while those who prefer a more private, offline, single player oriented experience go with Nintendo. When most of your current Wii U owners couldn't give a rats ass about games with online multiplayer, it shows that you aren't attracting the kind of buyers that care about that to begin with.

Don't act like EA is a villain because of legitimate concerns regarding Nintendo's online services. For EA as a company, online capabilities are important (see: their sports games, Battlefield, etc.), and a community that only comes for the offline Nintendo games is worthless for them.

Joystiq - 4.5/5
Eurogamer - 90
G4 - 4/5
Quarter to Three - 4/5
Giant Bomb - 4/5.

"mediocre reviews"

With a Metacritic score of 77 and an accompanied average user score of 7.5, overall, yes, the game would widely be considered to be average by the majority. Picking a few choice reviews won't change that.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

sound the alarm! Nintendo's newest console is dying wiiu wiiu wiiu wiiu wiiu

 

[Rockhoundhigh]

Granted they made a pretty bad game or to be more accurate flawed, so meh.

 

[EzekielRage]

I don't know what game you guys played but I really enjoyed the game. Perhaps because I don't give a shit about online multiplayer as I have zero interest in that and I also HATE shooters but love survival horror (survival as in as little weapons and ammo as possible and horror as in actually scare not mindless gorefest).

Alas, I am a minority now. I demand special rights! (warning: sarcasm)

 

[gamefan5]

Joystiq - 4.5/5
Eurogamer - 90
G4 - 4/5
Quarter to Three - 4/5
Giant Bomb - 4/5.

"mediocre reviews"

Actually, there are mediocre reviews about the game. Reviews were generally mixed.

 

[grossaffe]

I have not yet played the game, so I can't comment on if it was actually good, but it seemed to me that many reviewers went into it expecting an action game and found a survival/horror game leading to a huge disparity in review scores (plus ign putting their resident Sony fan-boy in to review a Nintendo-exclusive).

 

[Joe88]

I have not yet played the game, so I can't comment on if it was actually good, but it seemed to me that many reviewers went into it expecting an action game and found a survival/horror game leading to a huge disparity in review scores (plus ign putting their resident Sony fan-boy in to review a Nintendo-exclusive).

this is why I love gbatemp

 

[emigre]

I have not yet played the game, so I can't comment on if it was actually good, but it seemed to me that many reviewers went into it expecting an action game and found a survival/horror game leading to a huge disparity in review scores (plus ign putting their resident Sony fan-boy in to review a Nintendo-exclusive).

Again I say,

 

[grossaffe]

Again I say,
<Last of Us picture>

I was actually going to address that. Another game I have yet to play (I'll probably play it eventually on my brother's PS4). It's, again, another game I have not played so I can't comment on the gameplay and how it got the scores it did. It does seem to have a little bit of a action approach to it, though certainly not to the level of recent Resident Evil games. Survival/horror is a niche-market these days that have been all-but-replaced by action/gore, at least in the mainstream. It's difficult for independent developers to get funding for Survival/horror games because publishers don't see the money in it, which is why Winter, which I thought was a promising game, never saw the light of day. That's probably why most survival/horror games these days are kept to the PC where independent developers such as Frictional Games (who recently wrote a blog on The Last of Us I'll have to read as I enjoy their insight on the genre and games in general) can easily distribute online without needing publisher support.